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By catou
March 24th 2008

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By catou
March 9th 2008

Rendezvous Muckers

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Les gars jouzent au hockey. Le tournoi d'hockey du Sourdough RendezVous. [View Full Entry]

By bobthepilot
February 18th 2008

My First Trip to a Foreign Country

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When I was five years old my parents, younger brother and I moved from Alaska to Washington State, the four of us riding in the cab of my dad's old GMC 2.5-ton truck. Mom was homeschooling us, so I remember having to do homework during the one-week drive over about 3,000 miles of questionable roads. Before we left my cousin Cassie gave me a matchbox full of Canadian coins and I remember being excited about the novelty of going to a completely different country with completely different currency. This would be my first foray outside the boundaries of America! My initial [View Full Entry]

By catou
January 21st 2008

Annie Lake

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Housesit at Annie Lake. Fantastic sceneries. Tranquility. This is my first entry. Will use this page to keep track of my activities in the yukon. A marvelous place indeed. [View Full Entry]

By edgesoftheworld
December 10th 2007

Blue is the colour

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Snowmobiling

Well we were wrong - we went on at length about the temperatures in the Rockies and how we had never been so cold - well this week we have averaged minus 30 and down to -34 in the mornings - we found that seriously cold and icy enough to turn any exposed body part seriously blue very quickly! However, undeterred and Balaclavas to the ready we ventured out to see yet more lakes - this time with no chance of breaking ice. We were given a demo of the techniques used for ice fishing - it was too cold for [View Full Entry]

By bettyat2020
November 8th 2007

Beginning Musings

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After 12 hours of what could generously be described as grueling decisions to complete packing for our Around the World Adventure, Doug and I awakened on Sunday morning with visions of overweight luggage. By the grace of our son, Erik, we were taxied to BWI and embarked on our World Tour! Arriving in Toronto by noon, we were able to obtain a hotel shuttle and were checked in by 1:oo. Now what …? Fellow travelers and tour leaders were yet to gather … So left to our own devices we explored the Toronto Airport hotel corridor. Beginning with a Greek luncheon [View Full Entry]

By Happy Pat
November 7th 2007

Some of our experiences in Whitehorse

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Good morning from Kyoto! This is your blog update re the trip from Toronto to Whitehorse! Long travel day, but so very comfortable on Icelandic Air. The crew we have are phenomenal!!!!! So beautiful, (and handsome), professional and customer service oriented. Made for a very nice day on the plane. It was nice to get out of the brisk and chilly wind of Toronto and head to the sunny, clear weather in Whitehorse (my friend Blaine thanked us all for bringing the nice weather to Whitehorse....ha ha......you're welcome!!!!) We had an amazing lunch on the plane (yes, it's all about the [View Full Entry]

By Happy Pat
November 7th 2007

How time flies.........

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Dinner in Whitehorse

Hello again! I'm busy getting caught up on some of the blog adventures to be sent to you.......we've had a marvelous time in just 48 hours! Photos will be from our evening dinner in Whitehorse and so on. We crossed over the International Date Line yesterday, so I'm not sure where I am, what time it is, what day it is......ha ha! First things first.......Happy Birthday wishes go out to my very dear friend JoLove Beach in Lacy, WA. (near Seattle)! I'm thinking about you!!!!! So, we get to the terminal in Whitehorse yesterday, and there sitting on the bench.......waiting with [View Full Entry]

By LindsayandMaryEllen
November 6th 2007

The Adventure Begins

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Ready to roll

Nov 5 to Nov 6 In case you're wondering Where in the World We Are ?....well so are we.....Due to some technical difficulties beyond our control, we've been unable to send you info........but we two techies have finally figured it out, so hopefully here we go: After a whirlwind pre-tour prep, that included visits to many many Shoppers’ Drug Marts, foreign embassies for travel visas, doctors’ offices, dentists, various therapists for body and soul, aestheticians, and beauty parlours, not to mention travel clinics for inoculations against every virus known to man (or woman)&hel [View Full Entry]

By 24TheRoad
September 1st 2007

Northern Lights and other fall delights

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Fireweed has gone to cotton
We heard the saying: When the Fireweed goes to cotton, summer is forgotten.

This year we had the long spring, by being in the south during the late winter and gradually working our way north. Spring continued on our trip to Alaska. Now fall has arrived and we hope to enjoy a long season of color. One of my goals was to see the Northern Lights. We’ve been learning about them and tracking the solar activity that would make them appear in the night sky. One of the other key ingredients is enough darkness to be able to see them. People have been telling us that some of the best Northern Lights they’d seen [View Full Entry]

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